Improved bottle-stopper



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.`

IMPROVED BOTTLE-STOFPER.`

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,144, dated August 1, 1865.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it. known that I, ROBERT T. OsGooD, ot' Orland, in the county of Hancock and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improvement in stopples for stopping bottles and other vessels conveniently; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a common cork with a metallic head or covering, and secured trrnly there by a pointed spiral wire passing into said cork.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, lwill proceed to describe its construction and use.

First I strike up a concave covering by` cutting; the same from a sheet of tin or other plate, oi' any required size to cover the whole said cork, so that by twisting upon the cap it Willdraw the same down closely over the end What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,- i

A concave cap, coveringthe whole upper por tion of a.- common cork stopple, with a pointed spiral wire attached to and Within the cavity of said cap-firmly, for the purpose of passing down into, but not through, said cork, to aid in extracting it and to prevent the breaking of the same, as are herein substantially set forth.

ROBERT T. OSGOOD.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS BUCK, Jas. EMERY. 

